Most people know Zebra as the brand behind the cult-favorite Mildliner Highlighters,
but did you know that they make other highlighters too?
In this video, we’ll show you all of the different Zebra highlighter lines
and how they perform.
Let’s get started!
We tested the yellow highlighter from each line for smearing,
bleeding, and dry time on copy paper.
For the smearing tests, we wrote with a fountain pen,
fineliner, ballpoint pen, gel pen, and pencil.
After 15 minutes, we highlighted over each one.
Throughout this video, we'll sometimes refer to test results with water-based ink.
Of the pens we used, this means the fountain pen, the fineliner, and the gel pen.
We’ll show you the results as we talk about each highlighter line.
The Justfit Highlighter has a unique, soft chisel tip that molds to the page as you highlight.
You get consistently neat lines each time,
which is especially helpful when highlighting curved textbook pages.
The Justfit dries in under 3 seconds
and only smeared slightly with fountain pen ink in our tests.
It comes in 10 colors.
Our top highlighter recommendation is always the Justfit Mojini.
It features the same soft chisel tip as the regular Justfit highlighter,
but what really sets it apart is its ink.
It's specially formulated to bind with water-based ink to prevent smudging.
Out of all the Zebra highlighters, it performed the best with fountain pen ink,
but it has a slower drying time of under 10 seconds.
It’s available in 5 colors.
We had the most fun with the sparkly Kirarich Highlighters!
They’re infused with glittering particles for an eye-catching, glamourous look.
We love using them in our planners and journals to decorate.
However, they’re probably not the most practical for highlighting notes
as the glitter can be distracting. Plus, they do dry very slowly.
You can pick from five dazzling colors!
The most famous Zebra highlighter has to be the Mildliner.
It has the most impressive range of colors
--25 to be exact--
and it even offers a brush tip version that recently took the stationery world by storm.
The Mildliner dries quickly, but tends to smear water-based inks like gel pens.
Check out our video on what gel pens to use with it in the card above.
The eco-friendly Optex 1 EZ highlighter is refillable and made of recycled materials.
It features an “EZ cap” that is easy to remove!
Just squeeze the two tabs on the side and it pops right off.
It performed well in our tests, drying quickly
and only smearing water-based ink.
You can get it in ten vivid colors.
If you’re always losing caps, check out the Optex Care Knock Retractable Highlighter.
It has a clip so you can easily carry it around
and the click button has just enough resistance that you don’t have to worry about it
accidentally extending.
The Optex Care also did well in our tests, only slightly smearing the water-based inks.
It’s available in five colors.
Unlike other double-sided highlighters,
the Sparky-2 features two different chisel tips.
This makes it easy to highlight different sizes of text.
The tips are reinforced by plastic shields along their top and bottom edges,
keeping them from getting squished over time.
It dries in under 3 seconds and did well in our tests.
It comes in 10 vibrant colors.
The Zebrite highlighter is double-sided with a chisel tip on one side
and a bullet tip on the other.
Because of its low show through, it’s popular for using in Bibles.
It dries quickly and did well with most pens.
You can get them in a set of five colors or a set of two yellow highlighters.
Have you tried any of these highlighters?
Let us know which one caught your eye in the comments below
and shop them all at JetPens.com.
See you next time!